Surah Ash-Shura · Ayah 28·Makkī

28

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مِنۢ مَا وَهُوَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 8 roots in 8 of 13 words

Rarest here: غ-ي-ث — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Iqlāb2
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

13 words · 52 letters · āyah 28 of 53

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 25:48 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُورًا

    And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy, and We send down from the sky pure water

  • Quran 33:43 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَلِّى عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتُهُۥ لِيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَكَانَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَحِيمًا

    It is He who confers blessing upon you, and His angels [ask Him to do so] that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And ever is He, to the believers, Merciful.

  • Quran 85:15 · Al-Buroojclose

    ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ

    Honorable Owner of the Throne,

  • Quran 52:28 · At-Turclose

    إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

  • Quran 38:66 · Saadclose

    رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ

    Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver."

  • Quran 1:4 · Al-Faatihaclose

    مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Hijr 15:562 shared roots

    قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

    ق-ن-طر-ح-م

  • Yusuf 12:492 shared roots

    ثُمَّ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَامٌ فِيهِ يُغَاثُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَفِيهِ يَعْصِرُونَ

    غ-ي-ثب-ع-د

  • Luqman 31:343 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌۢ بِأَىِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۢ

    غ-ي-ثن-ز-لر-ح-م

  • Az-Zumar 39:532 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    ق-ن-طر-ح-م

  • Fussilat 41:22 shared roots

    تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    ن-ز-لر-ح-م

  • Ar-Room 30:362 shared roots

    وَإِذَآ أَذَقْنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحْمَةً فَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَقْنَطُونَ

    ق-ن-طر-ح-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 42:28?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 42:28 include Quran 25:48 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 33:43 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 85:15 (Surah Al-Burooj), and Quran 52:28 (Surah At-Tur). For example, 25:48 reads: “And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy, and We send down from the sky pure water” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 42:28 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 42:28 (Surah Ash-Shura, Consultation) reads: “And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.”

Which surah is verse 42:28 in?

Quran 42:28 is āyah 28 of Surah Ash-Shura (Consultation), chapter 42 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 53 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 42:28?

Tartīl presents Quran 42:28 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.